Boeing has begun production of the highly anticipated Boeing 777-8F, as it manufactured the first spar - a long beam that forms the critical load-bearing support for the aircraft’s wing. The freighter ...

With all the excitement surrounding the upcomingBoeing 777X family of widebody aircraft, whose passenger variants are known as the 777-8 and 777-9, it can be easy to forget the fact that this series ...

Boeing officially began assembly work yesterday on the first 777 freighter, the sixth major model in the twinjet family, with the start of fabrication of one of the main wing spars now ‘loaded’ onto a ...

Boeing has started work on the initial 777-8 Freighter test aircraft, drilling the first hole into a wing spar as it works towards delivery of the lead aircraft in 2028. About 100 teammates were at ...

An automated fiber placement machine has been used to lay down plies of composite material to create the first 777-8F wing spar. Credit: Marian Lockhart/Boeing Boeing has begun construction of the ...

Boeing officially commenced production of the 777-8 freighter in July 2025, starting with wing spar fabrication at its ...

Umeco manufactured a suite of large-scale tooling mandrels for GKN Aerospace using Umeco’s tooling prepregs. GKN Aerospace uses these tools to produce Airbus A350XWB rear wing spars using advanced ...